Word: afer
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Benjamin Netanyahu decided not to press his luck. Afer causing an uproar earlier today with a last-second threat to bail out of peace talks unless President Clinton released convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli prime minister backed down. Instead, the issue of Pollard, a civilian U.S. Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel, has been tabled until that nicest of diplomatic elements -- an unspecified later date -- occurs. The Israelis and Palestinians signed a pact Friday covering the Wye talks' main issue: Israeli withdrawal from 13.1 percent of the West Bank in exchange for greater security guarantees...
...nurses at afer hours urgent care told Ashraf S. Hegazy '96 that the doctor would be with him soon. Two hours later, Hegazy, who had a pain in his ankle went to the desk to see what was wrong...
...name, Ja'afer Dhaieh Ja'afer, is little known even in scientific circles, but U.S. intelligence sources have identified the Iraqi-born physicist as his country's version of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Ja'afer, a Shi'ite Muslim, is an outspoken human-rights advocate who has been jailed for his protests against Saddam Hussein's oppression. Yet he has been honing his country's nuclear capabilities since the early 1960s. He directed operations at the Osirak reactor until an Israeli raid destroyed it in 1981, and he later served as senior technician for the Tarmiya and Sharqat pilot plants, centerpieces...
Boggs, a five-time batting champion, reached the 1600-hit mark at the start of his ninth season. Boggs and Marty Barrett led off the first with singles and with one out, Ellis Burks was saved when first baseman Cecil Fielder dropped a foul popup for an error. Afer Burks walked, Evans doubled over center fielder Lloyd Moseby to the 420-foot mark...